0

Category: Books 100 results

  • THE LITTLE GUIDE TO ABBA
    THE LITTLE GUIDE TO ABBA
    ORANGE HIPPO!
    ABBA blasted their way onto the global pop scene with a Eurovision Song Contest win in 1974. The song, 'Waterloo', the band's tenth single, was a top 10 hit around the world and spurred them on to enormous chart success with singles, then albums, then compilations selling in the millions. They truly conquered the world, recording, touring, performing and entertaining huge crowd...
    Low stock

    8,75 €

  • THE WIDE WINDOW
    THE WIDE WINDOW
    LEMONY SNICKET
    Low stock

    11,25 €

  • THE FATES
    THE FATES
    ROSE BLYTHE
    Available

    18,75 €

  • THE CHIMES
    THE CHIMES
    CHARLES DICKENS
    90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksTrotty Veck, an elderly porter, has read so many newspaper reports about crime and immorality that he believes the working classes are irredeemable. But, on New Year's Eve, summoned to the church tower by a mysterious chiming, Trotty witnesses his own death, and is taken on a ghostly journey that will force him to reassess ...
    Low stock

    7,50 €

  • THE OXFORD HISTORY OF MODERN CHINA
    THE OXFORD HISTORY OF MODERN CHINA
    JEFFREY N. WASSERSTROM
    b'excellent' iLSE Review of Books/i/b bChina is the world's most populous country and newest superpower, whose place on the international stage can only be understood through the lens of its modern history./b iThe Oxford History of Modern China/i is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand this rising power in what promises to be the 'Chinese century'. Covering the ...
    Low stock

    18,75 €

  • THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS
    THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS
    LISA JEWELL
    'Really good, gripping. I couldn't bear for it to finish... I don't want to move onto the next book too soon as it feels like a betrayal.' OLIVIA COLMAN 'I swear I didn't breathe the whole time I was reading it. Gripping, pacy, brilliantly twisty.' CLARE MACKINTOSH 'A twisty and engrossing story of betrayal and redemption.' IAN RANKIN ____________________FROM THE #1 BESTSELLI...
    Low stock

    12,50 €

  • TO READ AND DREAM
    TO READ AND DREAM
    CHRISTINA ROSSETTI
    90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksOne of the finest poets of the Victorian age, Christina Rosetti is known today for the directness, clarity and unmatched lyricism of her works. This selection brings together some of her finest verses, love lyrics and sonnets for the contemporary reader. Spanning themes like love, death, loss, womanhood and devotion to plea...
    Low stock

    7,50 €

  • FLEDGLING
    FLEDGLING
    OCTAVIA E. BUTLER
    'The Octavia Butler novel for our times' THE ATLANTIC 'My book of the year . . . completely devours the genre which gave rise to it' JUNOT DÍAZ The final ground-breaking novel from renowned, bestselling author Octavia E. Butler. A young girl wakes up in the woods, gravely injured and alone, with no memory of what happened or who she is. As Shori heals, she realises that she...
    Available

    13,75 €

  • A SHORT HISTORY OF PROGRESS
    A SHORT HISTORY OF PROGRESS
    RONALD WRIGHT
    Palaeolithic hunters who learnt how to kill two mammoths instead of one had made progress. Those who learnt how to kill 200 by driving a whole herd over a cliff had made too much. Many of the great ruins that grace the deserts and jungles of the earth are monuments to progress traps, the headstones of civilisations which fell victim to their own success. The twentieth-century ´...
    Low stock

    13,75 €

  • HOW TO BABYSIT A GRANDMA
    HOW TO BABYSIT A GRANDMA
    JEAN REAGAN
    When you babysit a grandma, if you're lucky it's a sleepover at her house. With the useful tips found in this book, you're guaranteed to become an expert grandma-sitter in no time. Be sure to check the sections on: how to keep your grandma busy, things to do at the park, and what to do when you're both snugly tucked in at bedtime. ...
    Low stock

    9,99 €

  • MY COUSIN RACHEL
    MY COUSIN RACHEL
    DAPHNE DU MAURIER
    DISCOVER THE DU MAURIER DARK ROMANCE COLLECTION 'Du Maurier is mistress of the sleight of hand in fiction . . . brilliantly, marvellously chilling' MAGGIE O'FARRELL 'Moody and unnerving' GILLIAN FLYNN 'Sinuous and undeniably feral' JULIE MYERSON *** 'Every day, haunted still by doubt, I ask myself a question which I cannot answer. Was Rachel innocent or guilty?' Philip Ashl...
    Low stock

    13,75 €

  • BLUES FOR MISTER CHARLIE
    BLUES FOR MISTER CHARLIE
    JAMES BALDWIN
    An award-winning play from one of America's most brilliant writers about a murder in a small Southern town, loosely based on the 1955 killing of Emmett Till. • "A play with fires of fury in its belly, tears of anguish in its eyes, a roar of protest in its throat." —The New York TimesJames Baldwin turns a murder and its aftermath into an inquest in which even the most well-inten...
    Available

    13,45 €

  • THE MOOR'S LAST SIGH
    THE MOOR'S LAST SIGH
    SALMAN RUSHDIE
    A family saga reflecting the troubled state of India. The protagonists are four generations of the da Gama, who became wealthy in the spice trade before declining into gangsterism. Their tale is narrated by the family's last descendant and he attributes their fall to bickering, a reflection of Hindu-Moslem strife plaguing India today. Peopled with odd characters--the narrator i...
    Low stock

    12,50 €

  • THE MARTIAN WAY
    THE MARTIAN WAY
    ISAAC ASIMOV
    Twenty of the finest science fiction short stories from one of the genre's greatest writers, Isaac Asimov. Isaac Asimov was the Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America, the founder of robot ethics, and one of the world's most prolific authors of fiction and non-fiction. Asimov's short fiction has been enjoyed by millions for more than half a century. Many of th...
    Low stock

    12,50 €

  • TWILIGHT 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
    TWILIGHT 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
    STEPHENIE MEYER
    The book that inspired the global film phenomenon, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. Fall in love with the addictive, suspenseful love story between a teenage girl and a vampire that redefined romance for a generation, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephenie Meyer. In honour of the 20th anniversary of the genre-defining tale, this deluxe paperback edi...
    Low stock

    13,75 €

  • ONYX (LUX - BOOK TWO)
    ONYX (LUX - BOOK TWO)
    JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT
    Aliens are the new vampires, and sexy Daemon Black will set your pulse racing. . . 'I don't usually like alien stories, but this one! Oh my god! AMAZING!' ?????u200d??? TROPES Enemies to Lovers ?????? Forbidden romance ????u200d?? Strong FMC ?? Aliens ?? Magic powers ? BEING CONNECTED TO DAEMON BLACK SUCKS Thanks to his alien mojo, Daemon's determined to prove what he feels ...
    Available

    12,50 €

  • BILLIONAIRE BOY
    BILLIONAIRE BOY
    DAVID WALLIAMS
    An hilarious, touching and extraordinary new fable from the author of The Boy in the Dress and Mr Stink. Joe has a lot of reasons to be happy. About a billion of them, in fact. You see, Joe's rich. Really, really rich. Joe's got his own bowling alley, his own cinema, even his own butler who is also an orangutan. He's the wealthiest twelve-year-old in the land. Yes, Joe has abso...
    Low stock

    9,99 €

  • THE COMMITTED
    THE COMMITTED
    VIET THANH NGUYEN
    'A voice that shakes the walls of the old literary comfort zone' New Yorker 'Goes toe to toe with the original then surpasses it. A masterwork' Marlon James, Booker Prize-winning author of a Brief History of Seven Killings 'Fierce and unrelentingly good. Hilarious and subversive' Tommy Orange, New York Times bestselling author of There There ---------------------------------...
    Low stock

    12,50 €

  • GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
    GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
    JAMES BALDWIN
    "Nothing but the darkness, and all around them destruction, and before them nothing but the fire--a bastard people, far from God, singing and crying in the wilderness!" First published in 1953, Baldwin's first novel is a short but intense, semi-autobiographical exploration of the troubled life of the Grimes family in Harlem during the Depression. ...
    Low stock

    12,50 €

  • CITY OF WONDERS
    CITY OF WONDERS
    EDUARDO MENDOZA
    Low stock

    14,99 €

  • THE WEIGHT OF GLORY
    THE WEIGHT OF GLORY
    CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS
    Selected from sermons delivered by C. S. Lewis during World War II, these nine addresses show the beloved author and theologian bringing hope and courage in a time of great doubt. Addressing some of the most difficult issues we face in our day-to-day lives, C.S. Lewis's ardent and timeless words provide an unparalleled path to greater spiritual understanding. Considered by man...
    Low stock

    12,50 €

  • ART MONSTERS
    ART MONSTERS
    LAUREN ELKIN
    'Destined to become a new classic' Chris Kraus A dazzlingly original reassessment of women's stories, bodies and art - and how we think about them. For decades, feminist artists have confronted the problem of how to tell the truth about their experiences as bodies. Queer bodies, sick bodies, racialised bodies, female bodies, what is their language, what are the materials we nee...
    Low stock

    16,25 €

  • UNEXHAUSTED TIME
    UNEXHAUSTED TIME
    EMILY BERRY
    Unexhausted Time inhabits a world of dream and dawn, in which thoughts touch us 'like soft rain', and all the elements are brought closer in. Feelings, messages, symbols, visions . . . Emily Berry's latest collection takes shape in the half-light between the real and the imagined, where everything is lost and yet 'nothing goes away'. Here life's innumerable impressions, moods,...
    Low stock

    16,25 €

  • MATE (US PPB)
    MATE (US PPB)
    ALI HAZELWOOD
    A Human hybrid and an Alpha Were claw against the bonds of fate in the highly anticipated companion novel to the New York Times bestselling Bride.Serena Paris is orphaned, pack-less, and one of a kind. Coming forward as the first Human-Were hybrid was supposed to heal a centuries-long rift between species. Instead, it made her a target, prey to the ruthless political machinatio...
    Low stock

    14,75 €

  • RECORD OF A SPACEBORN FEW
    RECORD OF A SPACEBORN FEW
    BECKY CHAMBERS
    *THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND HUGO AWARD WINNER FOR BEST SERIES* From the ground, we stand. From our ship, we live. By the stars, we hope. The incredible new novel by Becky Chambers, author of the beloved The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are from but few outsiders have seen. ...
    Available

    12,50 €

  • GIRL DINNER
    GIRL DINNER
    OLIVIE BLAKE
    From the Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Olivie Blake, this is a powerful and darkly fun novel about ambition, lust and eating your fill - as wealthy moms and sorority girls practice a sinister new wellness trend . . .Good girls deserve a treat.The House is the most exclusive sorority on campus, and all its alumni are beautiful, high-achieving and respected.After a f...
    Low stock

    18,75 €

  • WHIRLWIND
    WHIRLWIND
    JAMES CLAVELL
    Whirlwind is the story of three weeks in Tehran in February 1979: three weeks of fanaticism, passion, self-sacrifice and heartbreak. Caught between the revolutionaries and the forces of international intrigue is a team of professional pilots. They are ordered to flee to safety with their helicopters. Two of them, both Europeans, have Iranian wives whom they love beyond safety a...
    Low stock

    18,75 €

  • PINES
    PINES
    BLAKE CROUCH
    The first book of the smash-hit Wayward Pines trilogy, from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter, Recursion, and UpgradeSecret Service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a mission: locate two federal agents who went missing in the bucolic town one month earlier. But within minutes of his arrival, Ethan is involved in a violent accident. He c...
    Low stock

    12,50 €

  • TECHNOFEUDALISM
    TECHNOFEUDALISM
    YANIS. VAROUFAKIS
    Capitalism is dead. Welcome to technofeudalism. In his boldest and most far-reaching book, the visionary economist and number-one bestselling author Yanis Varoufakis shows how the owners of big tech became the world's feudal overlords -replacing capitalism with a fundamentally new system that enslaves our minds, defies democracy and rewrite the rules of global power. But as V...
    Low stock

    13,75 €

  • I WROTE THIS FOR ATTENTION
    I WROTE THIS FOR ATTENTION
    LUKAS GAGE
    'Raw, provocative, chaotic, and - dare I say - slutty' COLLEEN HOOVER A thrilling memoir by The White Lotus and Euphoria actor, Lukas Gage, which chronicles his upbringing in a broken family, struggles with borderline personality disorder and his commitment to always being the centre of attention. Lukas Gage was having one of the shittiest weeks of his life. His beloved grandmo...
    Low stock

    25,00 €